[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[Paul Sture]

In article 
<974b3736-d089-4b27-800a-f2a910d95aab at f8g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
 Alan Feldman <alanfeldman48 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, management doesn't care about these boxes. And there
> are actually three cabinets still holding a number of MicroVAX
> systems. One day they will need the space. But I only need one
> MicroVAX. Or perhaps I could keep two or three. Well, I could say I
> use the main MicroVAX for my AOT work (which they are probably barely
> aware of). But there is no pressing need at this point for the space
> to be used for other stuff. Unless business picks up, I don't think
> there will be a problem to keep these MicroVAXes in the cabs "as is".

Unfortunately that means those systems could easily become a victim of 
someone wanting to rationalise server room costs.  The reason we lost 
our news server a decade or so ago was that someone came up with a 
yearly cost for that system, which probably consisted of power, server 
room floor space and whatever someone put on their time sheets for 
making sure it didn't fall over.  Nobody wanted those costs on their 
budget, so the plug was pulled.

-- 
Paul Sture